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Polish

West Slavic language
Intangible natural_language Q809
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Summary

Polish is a natural language[1]. Polish ranks in the top 5% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,604 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Poland[3]
  • Instance of: modern language[4]
  • Follows: Middle Polish[5]
  • Subclass of: Lechitic[6]
  • Writing system: Latin script[7]
  • Commons category: Polish language[8]
  • Wikimedia language code: pl[9]
  • Has part(s): standard Polish[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polish language[11]
  • Described at URL: https://rjp.pan.pl/information-in-eu-languages[12]
  • Language regulatory body: Council for the Polish Language[13]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 39,700,000[14], 39,794,740[15], 454,000[16], 40,200,000[17]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
  • Topic has template: Template:Polish language[20], Q84557466[21]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/polish[22], https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/polish[23]
  • Native label: język polski[24], polszczyzna[25]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C154079[26]
  • Short name: polski[27], польская[28], полски[29], poola keel[30], pola[31], польский[32], польська[33], polyakca[34], польшæйаг[35], polaca[36], polonês[37], lengyel[38]
  • Different from: Język Polski[39]
  • UNESCO language status: 1 safe[40]
  • History of topic: history of Polish language[41]
  • Indigenous to: Poles[42], Kashubians[43], Silesians[44], Frýdek-Místek District[45], Poland[46], Žilina[47], Lviv Oblast[48]
  • Female form of label: la langue polonaise[49]
  • Studied by: Polish studies[50]

Why It Matters

Polish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Polish is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Polish has been cited as an influence by Esperanto[53], a planned language[54], in Esperantujo[55], founded in 1887[56].

FAQs

Who did Polish influence?

Polish has been cited as an influence by Esperanto[53].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Nationalencyklopedin. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . sjp.pwn.pl. sjp.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8h ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'a
    Sitelink count → 253
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-vX2U-DPip-CTNn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-vX2U-DPip-CTNn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250709555|język polski (#250709555)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl t"
  2. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → internet service provider
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4RRMqh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → polish-language
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: polish-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950653|polish language (#289950653)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003699-polstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003699-polstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  6. 24w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twitch tag id → f9d04efa-6e25-49bf-bf0a-da3e2addaf1b
    Ethnologue language status → 1 National
    Indigenous to → Poles, Kashubians, Silesians +4
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52, 'lon': 19}
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: C0032376"
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